It will be the Italian derby in the round of 16 of the “Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters”, the first Masters 1000 on the battle of the season In progress at the Country Club in the Principality of Monaco, with a total prize pool of 6,128,940 euros. To challenge Matteo Berrettini, yesterday protagonist of a great success on Alexander Zverev, will in fact be Lorenzo Musetti: The 23-year-old from Carrara, number 16 of the ranking and 13 of seeding, defeated the Czech Jiri Lehecka, number 28 ATP, for a comeback, for 1-6 7-5 6-2 after two hours and 20 minutes of play.
A victory in the previous ones between the two Azzurri: Musetti imposed himself in the final of Naples in 2022 while last year Berrettini got the better of the semifinal played on the grass of Stuttgart.